Guardian Music — The Grand Anarcho Dandyist Ball, LondonWhat better way to celebrate 10 years of The Chap – the handlebar 'tache-wearing, pipe-toting fanzine for rough and tumble fops – than with a blow-out ball in Conway Hall, the dramatic dissident's ... more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. It's so cool that great mashups come from literally every corner of this big blue marble we live on. This week, Brazil is in the house with DJ Faroff , who always surprises us with his diverse source material and ease o... more info

Guardian Music — Who on earth are this mysterious electro duo? Starsmith? Paul Epworth? Hot Chip under a pseudonym? We'll have to wait until January 2010 to find out ...Hometown: London.The lineup: Edward Nigma (vocals), Peter Uzzle (music).The background: One of the... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — After eluding the annals of popular dance music for practically ever, France finally got with the program in the late '90s thanks to a quirky little duo by the name of Daft Punk. It didn't take long after that for France to grow its own crop of DJ su... more info

Corporate Bloggin — Gatekeeper - ObsidianWow wow wow. Un mec parfaitement inconnu de Chicago, recruté par l'éminent Michael Mayer (grand chef de la pop minimale) afin d'inaugurer son nouveau label italo-disco-frousse. Je salue pleinement cette initiative triangula... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Dance duo rumoured to be playing 2010 gigs more info

MTV.co.uk News — Daft Punk will reportedly play live shows in the UK next year.   The French dance duo are famed for their incredible live show and toured festivals in 2007 with their pyramid stage in tow.... more info

NME — Supposed tour dates for dance act leaked more info

Undercover, Australia — A source close to the band has leaked Daft Punk’s proposed tour dates for 2010, including dates in Melbourne and Sydney. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — While I'm still waiting on your turkeys to pick up some albums in this month's bargain basement...here's a quick list for the only real album of note this week. (yeah sorry...not a John Mayer fan).This month there's some great albums available in the... more info